Indian jute mills will earn an 8.19 per cent return on capital for supplying jute bags under the new pricing framework. This benefits mills...

Mills in Bengal directly employ about 2.5 lakh workers, while 40 lakh farmers are engaged in producing the raw material in the state, and p...

As much of the world seeks biodegradable alternatives to synthetic materials like plastics, Indian jute is making its way around the planet...

The industry has been demanding organised labour colonies within or close to the mills that would cater to migrant workers from rural Benga...

The state government has restricted the number of workforce at a time to 50 per cent including in tea gardens. But, in case of the jute mil...

Textile Secretary Rashmi Verma that jute mills raised issues like intense competition and cheap Bangladeshi import while jute balers said t...

Mills have been contesting price cap for sacking and urging the government to remove it as supply would not be possible with high raw mater...

The government approved mandatory use of jute packaging material for foodgrains and sugar, a move which will provide relief to 3.7 lakh jut...

Three jute mills in Hooghly North Brook, India and Hastings Jute Mill put up stop work notices within 24 hours of Gandhi's visit in the are...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Left Front and the ruling Trinamool Congress for stunting growth of West Benga...

The group of ministers will meet again on May 19 along with industry representatives to review and find ways and means to reopen the closed...

The jute industry in the state of West Bengal is grappling with demand slump leading to production cut and even mill closures, sources told.

"Jute packaging norms in grains and sugar have been diluted, while cement has shifted to plastic completely. That is wrong."

Six workers of the Northbrook were arrested for their involvement in the killing of H K Maheswari with the management putting up a suspensi...

The CEO of a jute mill in West Bengal's Hooghly district was beaten to death on factory premises allegedly by mill workers, as an angry Mam...

The eight jute mills including Kanpur Udyog, J K Jute, Gouripur and Chitavalsa were closed down and rendered 19,723 workers jobless.

The post harvest wastage in India for instance, is estimated to be as high as 26 per cent. This figure is just two per cent in the develope...